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Brockton Pearl Harbor Survivor Recalls Lost Comrades, 76 Years Later

Matthew McDonald

George Hursey, 96, was serving in the U.S. Army at Pearl Harbor when the Japanese attacked on December 7, 1941. "By the edge of Pearl Harbor, all you see is burning ships," he recalled, as he and other artillery soldiers navigated through burning fields and dead bodies; he stayed in touch with the 110 survivors from his unit after the war, but he thinks all of them have since died.

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New GOP State Senator-Elect Cool To Trump Immigration Policies

Matthew McDonald

Dean Tran, a Republican city councilor in Fitchburg elected to the Massachusetts Senate on Tuesday, called the Trump Administration's immigration policies a "little harsh" and said there should be a path to citizenship for illegal aliens "in certain circumstances." Tran, who escaped Vietnam with his family when he was 2, opposed the opening of a Planned Parenthood facility in Fitchburg as a city councilor several years ago and drew the endorsement of pro-lifers in the Senate race.

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